We are in this pandemic that's been ongoing for about one and a half years now.

There has been no actual investigation of how it began.

We know it's likely COVID-19 came from a bat.

But how did it get to us?

From WNYC in New York, this is on the media.

I'm Brooke Gladstone.

While the origin story is still being pieced together,

the life-saving answers in arosol science are just beginning to get their dues.

What the past year has demonstrated to people is that aerosol science isn't just about climate change and hairspray,

but it has this whole other application in the world of infectious diseases.

Plus, a buzzword among online futurists is the metaverse.

But human beings have always looked for ways to escape reality.

I see a lot of similarities between drug experiences and virtual worlds and video games, too.

Even the Travis Scott concert on Fortnite definitely felt like a very

surreal, trippy experience. It's all coming up after this. From WNYC in New York, this is on the

media. I'm Brooke Gladstone. Bob Garfield is out this week, and as many of you know by now,

every week, having been fired after a warning

and other efforts at amelioration for a pattern of bullying behavior. The entire staff agreed with

that decision. The problem was not over-passionate discourse. We don't fear that. We've even put some of our own on the radio.

Nor was it merely about yelling, but there's not much more I can say. Look, you know how this works.

One side, as an individual, is free to present their case however they see it, or wish to see it.

They may describe their conduct in ways the other side might not even recognize,

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